I love "cover" versions of classical music. Here are some:
Duke Ellington's take on the Nutcracker Suite. Especially this part where the original and Ellington-esque intermingle.
Flying Pictures at an Exhibition updated and wild version of Mussgorsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
This Chamber Orchestration of Mahler's symphony
Glenn Gould's rendition of the Liszt's piano transcription of Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony #6 that I pasted at the top of this post. All of these versions I love in themselves and love because they send me back to the originals and help me hear things I wouldn't have heard in the originals.
Stravinsky's own transcription of "The Firebird" for the piano.
John Kimura Parker playing Stravinksy's "Rite of Spring" on piano.
One of my absolute favorites: The Bad Plus doing "The Rite of Spring"
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